"cabaletta" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kæbəˈlɛtə/ Forms: cabalettas [plural]
Etymology: An Italian variant of coboletta, diminutive of cobola (“stanza, couplet”), from Old Occitan cobla, from Latin copula. Doublet of couplet. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|-}} Italian, {{der|en|pro|cobla}} Old Occitan cobla, {{der|en|la|copula}} Latin copula, {{doublet|en|couplet}} Doublet of couplet Head templates: {{en-noun}} cabaletta (plural cabalettas)
  1. A short, rhythmically repetitive aria. Wikipedia link: cabaletta Categories (topical): Music Translations (repetitive aria): cabaletta (Finnish), cabaletta [feminine] (Italian)

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